workplace culture

It’s pretty much common knowledge at this point that Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is big deal. 90% of high performers test as having high EQ, but at the same time, only 36% of folks tested could accurately identify their emotions as they happened. Today, we’re going to look at some symptoms of leaders with low emotional intelligence. Just[…]

If all it took for a team to build trust was the doing a trust fall exercise together, companies everywhere would be filled with trusting teams, and the trust problem within organizations would have long ago been solved. But alas, we know that’s not the case. (And that’s why we do things a little differently at[…]

People want to be happy at work. It’s really not that complicated. What does that look like? I’m so happy you asked. Happy workplaces tend to have a few things in common. 1. People Are Free to be Human As one of my clients said so well the other day as we worked on creating a unique[…]

Let’s get real. All that Dale Carnegie stuff is nonsense. What we really need to talk about is how we can lose friends and alienate teammates. The reason I say this is because not only is all this “humanizing workplaces” stuff getting out of hand, but many companies still maintain structures and cultures that create[…]